Atchafalaya Miracle

Louisiana's Atchafalya Wildlife Management Area is the nation's most active river delta.
New Orleans Saints fans celebrate Super Bowl victory on Bourbon Street

New Orleans Saints fans celebrate on Bourbon Street after the Saints beat the Colts to win Super Bowl 44.
Controversial levee video

Levee.org produced a video that has drawn the ire of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which says the spoof, produced by Newman high school students, defames then. Levees.org stand by the video, but says it pulled it from its web site saying it has no resources to fight the ASCE.
Sandbagging begins

Plaquemines Parish workers fill giant sandbags for use in low areas
Brad Pitt Unveils Rebuilding Project in Lower 9th Ward

Actor Brad Pitt Unveils Rebuilding Project in the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
New Orleans Saints Fans on Bourbon Street

Following the Saints' NFC Chamionship win over the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints fans go crazy in the French Quarter.
Bonnet Carre Spillway Opens

The US Army Corps of Engineers opens the Bonnet Carre Spillway north of New Orleans April 11, 2008.
Canadaville: New town experiment

Following Katrina, a Canadian industrialist built an experimental community near Simmsport, LA for displaced New Orleanians.
LSU Baseball Report from the College World Series CWS

The Times-Picayune's Jim Kleinpeter gives a report on a practice day during the LSU Tigers' run to the trophy at the CWS College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
Grand Isle, LA shrimp docks in peril

One of the last two remaining shrimp docks in Grand Isle, LA has closed and the other one may close soon, threatening the livelihoods of many fishermen.
Mother of New Orleans baby killed by rats speaks out

Casey Laine, the mother of Natalie Hill, a 3-month-old baby that was found dead in its crib with dozens of rat bites, tells her story in this video. Laine lives in Westwego, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans.
New Orleans' Third Annual Running of the Bulls

In homage to the "Running of the Bulls" in Pamplona, Spain, New Orleans hosts its third annual local version with 80 Big Easy Rollergirls, armed with plastic bats, serving as the bulls. The event was held again this year in the New Orleans French Quarter on Saturday, July 11, 2009.
Bastille Day in New Orleans

From nola.com: New Orleans celebrates Bastille Day as only New Orleanians know how: with food, drink and song in the old historic French Quarter. Napoleon showed up and approved...
BCS Championship Street Parade in New Orleans

The BCS Championship Street Parade in New Orleans Saturday, December 5, 2008.
St. Margaret's Nursing Home returns

New Orleans nursing home residents finally get to return following their 2-year exile after Katrina.

























